The sports star-turned-actor who's served almost nine years for armed robbery and kidnapping could be freed from jail in October.
OJ Simpson will today ask a US parole board to agree to his release from prison.
The 70-year-old sports star-turned-actor has served almost nine years of a maximum 33-year sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping at a Las Vegas Hotel in 2008.
If he is granted parole at the hearing - which will be televised live - he will walk free from prison on 1 October.
Simpson remains an American cultural icon as much for his infamous tangles with the law as his exploits in American football and Hollywood.
The rise and fall of "The Juice" has reached a whole new audience in recent years with the documentary series OJ: Made in America and drama The People v OJ Simpson.
He was found guilty of charges relating to the theft at gunpoint of sporting memorabilia from a collector. He claimed the items belonged to him and that he was reclaiming them.
He was found guilty 13 years to the day after his acquittal in what had become known as America's trial of the century.
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